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SELF BINDING HARVESTER.

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HENRY M. WEAVER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

SELF-BINDING HARVESTER.

iCIl-IGATION farming part. of Letters Patent No. 338,809, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed August 23. 1884. Serial No. 141,292.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. \VEAVER, of Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Self-Binding Harvesters; and I do hereby declare thefollow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in self-binding harvesters, andparticularly to an improvement in the construction of the binder-arm andcordl'eceptacle, the object of the same being to provide a binder-armand cord-receptacle of such construction and so related to each otherthat the rotation of the binder-arm will not twist the cord, and thecord will be prevented from any liability to become tangled in theseveral parts of the machinery.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the binder-arm andcord-receptacle attached to the binding mechanism. Fig. 2 is a detachedview of the binder-arm and cordreceptacle. fications.

A represents a binder-arm. The'functions of this arm, its general shape,and the manner in which it operates, are fully set forth in LettersPatent No. 269,491, granted to me December 19, 1882.

My present invention consists in providing a cord-receptacle which shallrevolve with the arm.

In Figs. 1 and 2 B represents a hollow hub secured to a rotary shaft, 0,and having the binder-arm A secured rigidly thereon. \Vithin the hub B areel, D, or other suitable device for holding the cord and paying it outreadily, is located; or the ball of cord may be placed in the hollow hubwithout any reel or other support. A cover, (I, is constructed to closethe end of the cord-receptacle or said hollow hub. From this receptaclethe cord leads through a suitable perforation, E, in

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent modithe arm A, and thence through the eye Fof said arm.

By means of the above construction the reel on which the cord is wound,or the ball of cord, is caused to rotate with the arm, and the twistingof the cord, which has hitherto proved objectionable on account of itstending to weaken it and cause it to kink, is avoided. The aboveconstruction is also compact, and admits of the use of either asolid orhollow shaft,O.

The construction represented in Fig. 3 consists in making thecord-receptacle form a partof the binder-arm shaft, located near the endwhich carries the binder-arm, the portion of said shaft between thecord-receptacle and binder-arm being hollow and sufficiently long torest in suitable hearings, G. The portion of the shaft 0 on the oppositeside of the cord-receptacle from the binder-arm may be either solid orhollow. In this case the cord leads from the receptacle out the end ofthe shaft and through the perforation E and eye F, as before shown.

In Fig. 4 the cord-receptacle is located on the opposite end of theshaft 0 from the binder-arm. The shaft is hollow, and the cord leadsthrough it and the binder-arm, as before shown.

In Fig. 5 the cordreceptacle is formed in the binder-arm at a pointbetween the shaft and eye, preferably near the shaft,- where the arm islarger.

It is evident that slight changes may be made in the construction andarrangement of the parts above described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention as, for example, the cord-receptaclerepresented in Fig. 2 might be secured to the end of a central shaft,and the binder-arm hub encircle the said receptacle and be secured to asleeve fitting on the said central shaft; hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a binder-arm, of a cord-receptacle locatedwithin said arm, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a binder-arm, of! In testimony whereof I havesigned this a oord-receptacle located Within the hub of specification inthe presence of twosubscribing ,saicl arm, substantially as set forth.Witnesses.

3. The combination, with a revolvingbind- HENRY M. WVEAVER. 5 er-arm, ofa cord-receptacle located within WVitnesses:

said arm and caused to rotate therewith, sub- J. P. HENRY, stantially asset forth. 0. A. WERTMAN.

